For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

  • @nikosey
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    379 months ago

    My grandmother got me some uranium because she knows I’m into reactors. I didn’t have the heart to tell her she got scammed & it was all depleted.

    • @mvirts
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      99 months ago

      Lol so you threw it in the trash? 😹

      • @verysuchaccount
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        9 months ago

        It’s a made-up story. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment and places that do uranium enrichment aren’t even going to talk to you unless you have a host of government licenses. Depleted uranium only has a few applications like:

        • Armor penetrating munitions
        • Counterweights for aeronautics
        • Ironically, as radiation shielding

        This makes it very hard for collectors to obtain (it can take people years) and actual samples of DU are going to be more expense than regular uranium. The story makes as much sense as your grandmother buying cubic zirconia jewelry and being “scammed” with actual diamonds.

        • @profdc9
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          19 months ago

          Well, the DU could have been scavenged from spent munitions a warzone after it had obliterated something.

            • @blazeknave
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              29 months ago

              Thank goodness… I feel in good company on this site age-wise, then I’ll drop what I think is an obvious one and crickets

        • @mvirts
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          79 months ago

          Yeah I feel like this is some kind of reference I’m missing

          • @[email protected]
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            109 months ago

            Can a man truly be wooshed when he doesn’t possess the required knowledge in the first place? I say not. This is an unjust woosh.

            • Abird
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              59 months ago

              NAY I SAY! This man cannot be wooshed for such a folley! Truly unjust, as you say.